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Pete Buttigieg tied with Joe Biden in early primary polling

Out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is tied with President Joe Biden in early polling for New Hampshire’s presidential primary. The state is one of the first to vote during the primary season. Buttigieg tied with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in…

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Fifth patient cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

The oldest patient yet has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukaemia, researchers reported on Wednesday. While the transplant was planned to treat the now-66-year-old’s leukaemia, the doctors also sought a donor who was naturally…

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Gay meteorologist has perfect clap back at homophobes 

A gay Louisiana meteorologist recently found himself in an unexpected storm. David Bernard, weatherman for New Orleans TV station WVUE, rechttps://www.advocate.com/media/2022/7/27/gay-new-orleans-meteorologist-has-perfect-clap-back-homophobeseived a homophobic email following a recent inaccurate weather forecast. “I received a disturbing email yesterday from a person who…

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Monkeypox: WHO chief advises reducing # of gay/bi sex partners

The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday advised men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider reducing their sexual partners “for the moment” following the U.N. health agency declaring the escalating outbreaks in multiple countries to be a…

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Florida moves to yank liquor license over drag shows

A popular restaurant and pub in the City’s Wynwood neighborhood is under threat of losing its liquor license after Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that the state is targeting its liquor license to shut it down. DeSantis added…

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Well-known Republicans bolster same-sex marriage bill

Ted Olson, who was solicitor general under President George W. Bush, and former Republican National Committee chair Ken Mehlman made the case in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece for codifying same-sex marriage…